/**
* Copyright 2008-2010 hybrid labs
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
*    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package org.hybridlabs.source.beautifier;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface defining the signatures for all Beautifier.
 *
 * @author Karsten Klein, hybrid labs
 *
 */
public interface Beautifier {

    /**
     * Processes the characterSequence and beautifies its content.
     *
     * @param characterSequence The character sequence serving as input for
     *      the beautification.
     */
    public void beautify(CharacterSequence characterSequence);
	/**
	 * Beautifies the source file and writes the result to the target file.
	 * Source and target may be identical.
	 *
	 * @param sourceFile Source file to format.
	 * @param targetFile Target file to write.
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public void beautify(File sourceFile, File targetFile)
		throws IOException;

}
